Citta the Elephant will predict Euro 2012 results from her
home in Krakow Zoo

Back in 2010, a humble German octopus named Paul defied rational
science and stunned the world by making a series of correct 50/50 decisions,
predicting the correct outcome for all his country's matches in the
World Cup, as well as the result of the final between Holland and the
champions, Spain.

Tragically, Paul is no longer with us but, as the
football gears up for this summer’s
European Championships in Poland and Ukraine, his legacy thankfully lives on in
the forms of a psychic pig and a clairvoyant elephant, both of which will offerpredictions for the big games.

The pig, imaginatively named “Psychic Pig”, will reside in a
special pen outside the main stadium in the Ukrainian capital Kiev, selecting
the likely winner of each game by choosing from plates of food tagged with the
flags of the competing nations, while the elephant, called Citta, will make her
predictions from her home in Krakow zoo by choosing apples labelled with the
correct flags.

For those debating whether to bet their houses on the
creatures’ choices, it’s worth noting that Citta recently secured her place as
Poland’s psychic animal ahead of a donkey and a parrot by correctly predicting
Chelsea’s recent Champions League final win over Bayern Munich. Psychic Pig’s
powers, however, have yet to be tested.

The spirit of Paul the Octopus lives on as psychic animals gear up for Euro 2012

Citta the Elephant will predict Euro 2012 results from her
home in Krakow Zoo

Back in 2010, a humble German octopus named Paul defied rational
science and stunned the world by making a series of correct 50/50 decisions,
predicting the correct outcome for all his country's matches in the
World Cup, as well as the result of the final between Holland and the
champions, Spain.

Tragically, Paul is no longer with us but, as the
football gears up for this summer’s
European Championships in Poland and Ukraine, his legacy thankfully lives on in
the forms of a psychic pig and a clairvoyant elephant, both of which will offerpredictions for the big games.

The pig, imaginatively named “Psychic Pig”, will reside in a
special pen outside the main stadium in the Ukrainian capital Kiev, selecting
the likely winner of each game by choosing from plates of food tagged with the
flags of the competing nations, while the elephant, called Citta, will make her
predictions from her home in Krakow zoo by choosing apples labelled with the
correct flags.

For those debating whether to bet their houses on the
creatures’ choices, it’s worth noting that Citta recently secured her place as
Poland’s psychic animal ahead of a donkey and a parrot by correctly predicting
Chelsea’s recent Champions League final win over Bayern Munich. Psychic Pig’s
powers, however, have yet to be tested.